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Approximately two thousand red-shirts demonstrated in Nonthaburi on Friday, as the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) commenced its ultimate face-off in opposition to what it terms a despotic-proxy government.
They divided about noon into three convoys leaving in diverse directions within the region such as first route from city hall to Pakkred, Muangthong, The [...]

Rumor of Thaksin Trouble in Dubai
Thailand’s Foreign Ministry is examining a story that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been force out of the United Arab Emirates and is en route to Siem Reap, Cambodia, according to Chavanont Intarakomalsut.
Mr Chavanont who is escritoire to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, announced on Friday that the ministry is [...]

Thai Government Asks UAE to Stop Shielding Thaksin
The government of Thailand has asked The United Arab Emirates not to permit former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawtra to carry on to living in Dubai and make it his support for political actions against the Thai government, the foreign minister’s secretary, Chavanont Intarakomalsut, told reporters on Wednesday.
Mr Chavanont [...]

Thaksin Sends SMS and Twitters to Followers
Thailand’s convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent out an SMS message to his followers asking them to join in the mass anti-government protest rally this weekend by the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in Bangkok.
The UDD plans a giant public meeting in Bangkok this weekend, [...]

Thaksin Family Leaves Thailand
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s immediate family has gone or is departing the country ahead of this weekend’s rally by followers of the exiled elected leader who was removed by a military takeover more than three years ago.
His former wife Potjaman na Pombejra and their son left for Hong Kong on [...]

Internal Security Act to be Enforced in Bangkok
The Thai Prime Minister’s cabinet on Tuesday concurred on a decision to bring into play the Internal Security Act (ISA) from March 11-23 to deal with with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship’s (UDD) giant protest assembly, as advocated by the security monitoring commission, acting government spokesman [...]

Flying Cow Paddy Assault on Abhisit’s Home
A Thai man from Nakhon Phanom who flung a shopping bag containing cow manure over the railing of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s residence in Sukhumvit Soi 34 on Tuesday at sunup was sentenced by the Criminal Court to 10 days in confinement.
Khamphong Samart, 56, was captured shortly after the [...]

Chiang Mai Woman Walks for Peace in Thailand
A 63-year-old Thai lady on Tuesday afternoon began walking from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, to call on all groups to renounce the use of violent ways to end social conflicts.
Fahngam Kham-asoke initiated her long-distance hike for peace from Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep locality.
She has stated that she will [...]

Accused Bombers Under Arrest
Two Thai men captured for alleged participation in last month’s grenade assault on a Bangkok Bank branch on Silom Road are not scapegoats and have acknowledged their guilt, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said on Monday morning.
Mr Suthep said they have come clean that they were hired by the United Front for [...]